Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOICES Letters tothe editor Not enough hay b ales AMA supe rbikes a t Wa tk ins Glen? I can ' t be lieve th e p owers- th at-be a re even thi nki ng about (holding an AMA N a t ional Champ ion ship Road Race Series round at Watkins Glen). I'd like to be able to d rive the short d istance to the Glen and see an AMA Na tional, but the lack of run-off area conde mn s it to a caronly (ra ce) circuit. Please d on't do it, there aren't enough hay bal es in New York state to make that track safe for the riders. Jake Coye Perkinsvi lle, NY #31 says thanks I wi sh I co uld personally thank everyone who has been so supportive of me since my accident in Springfield, Illinois, h ow e ve r, so many peop le have been involved tha t it is impossible to do that. Therefo re, through Cycle New s I would like to express my appreciation to everyone involved with the auction tha t wa s held in m y behal f a t Peoria, Illinois. I w o u ld especially li ke to tha nk Larry Maiers, who devoted his personal time in coor di n a ti ng the fu n d ra iser . Th e money raised will help w ith my hospital bills. I w ill be out of competition for the res t of the National dirt track season. If a ll goes w ell, I plan on returning to ac tion at the indoor ice racing circui t tha t starts in December, and then return to d irt tracking at Daytona in '94. Dan Ing ram Indianapolis, IN Godspeed, G .E. The single g re ates t ben e fi t o f b ein g involved in mot orc yclin g ha s to be the p eople as sociat ed with the sport. They are typically fu ll o f life an d g en u ine friends. Geo ff Eldr id ge, o wn e r /ed ito r o f Aus tralasia n Dirt Bike maga zine, was o ne suc h p e rs on. N ot o n ly w a s he involved in eve ry facet of the sport from winn ing med a Is a t the ISDE to ra cin g vin tage mo tocross just for fun, he was a dynamic personality. Ju st prior to depa rt ing o n the first day of the Acerb is Nevada Rally, he told me, "This is no t as mu ch a race as it is an adven ture in to th e las t frontier . An ex plora tion of th e unkn ow n. Exciti ng stu ff!" That prophetic statemen t was his philosophy on life. H is life, love and bus iness were all in tertw i n ed w ith mot orcycles and mot or cycling people, so it was fitting, if not p rofoun d that his life sho uld end d oing something he had such a deep passion for. He w ill al ways be remem bered . He w ill a lw ays b e m is s ed . And h e will always be lov ed. Godsp eed, G.E . May your adventure never end . Rick Doughty Vintage Iron Fresno, CA Thumbs down on one moto After a tten d ing my first National MX, MotoFest '93 at Glen Helen, I felt like a little kid in a candy shop. The grea t outdoors, intense heat, freedom to view the event fro m any vantage point, girls in their "daisys" ...but what is th is ? One on e main moto? This new "made for TV " format really s ucks . You don't see golf ch anging fro m their standard 18-ho le courses to a one-hole course to ma ke it e asier for people to follo w . ' In tennis , they ju st don't make love and win. Oh no, they play long grueling matches, sets, th e breaks, etc... Each sport has its own set of ru les, its own players, even its own fans . So let's not waste our efforts tr ying to please people who cou ldn ' t care less if we had on e, two, or 10 motos. This is our sport, we are the fans, we are the p layers, so let us make the ru les that we like and understand. Two motos are a d istingu ished part o f motocross, le t's keep 'em both. Remember, motocross is motocross. It's not supercross in the summer. Shawn Fluken Saugus,CA lette rs to the editor should be se n t to Vo ice s, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 9080&0498 or faxed to 310/427--6685 Published letters do . no l necessari ly reflect the pos ition of Cycle News, Inc. Letters should not exceed 200 wo rds and all letters are subject to ed iti ng. Anon ymo us letters will no l be co nsi de red for p ub li cation . All lette rs s hou ld co ntain the w riter 's name, address and daytime p hone number . .. Editor. INS E ID u.s. GPPREVIEW FEATURES ROAD RACING Du Hamel does it at Sears Point National .4 Rainey takes over points lead with Czech GP win 22 Fogarty blazes to Worl d Superbike wi n in Malaysia 26 Superbikes of the stars 28 MOTOCROSS LaRocco, Henry ace , 12 Bingh amton Nationa l Nilsson narrows margin with Slova kian SODcc GP win 19 DIRT TRACK Graham ties record at Parkersburg National 16 INTERVIEW Road Racer Kevin Schwantz 34 Who's w ho in the SODec c1ass Who to watch in the 125 and 250cc classes Wy are the SODs getting slo wer? Previous Laguna Seca winners The GP point standings DRAG RACING Schultz shocking at Brain erd DUAL SPORT The Nat1 Series hits Oregon 36 .38 .39 40 42 43 44 DEPARTMENTS EVENTS 46 _..__ CALENDAR .55 RESULTS .59 WANT ADS 61 i ON THE FRONT PAGE: With th e SOOcc GP season neari ng its end, Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz are l ocked in a battle for the title that promises to go down to the . wire. Both riders would like nothing better than to score a win at the next-tolast round at Laguna Seca. Tum to page 31 for our preview of the event. Photo by Henny Ray Abrams. (!~J ~ 0 ~. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXX Sharon Clayton, President MichaelKlinger, Publisher Editorial Jack Mangus, Associate Publish"lEditor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Paul Carruthers, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, Associate Editor Chris [onnum, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Assistant Editor Edwina Mangus, CalendarEditor Graphics and Production Mandy Loo, Production Manager Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. 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FAX(310) 427-6685 Easlern Office 4190 First Ave., Tucker, GA, 30084; mailingaddress p.o. Box 805, Tucker,GA 3008~5 . (404) 9347850. FAX (404) 934-3112 ra nch from Se p tember 8 through September 20. Maely wo n' t be idle during that period ; he 's head ed to nor thern Ca lifornia where he'll bu ild a barbecue pit for Kenny Roberts and shape up the King's sho rt track in prepa rati on for a post-U.S. Grand Prix blowou t. So, if you n e ed a stee l s hoe o r n eed a s hoe repaired, better get w ith the program pro nto . Ma e ly can b e re a ch e d at 909/ 277-8989. On Au gu st 29, an estima ted 400 people turned out for a rally that wa s billed as a hearing on 521 a t Ma verick Stadium in Adelanto, California. Th e even t wa s hosted by th e AMA, California FourWheel Drive C lub, California Des ert Coalition, Hi gh Desert Multiple Use Coa lition , San Diego Off-Road Coalition a n d Women for California. Senators Dianne Fei nstein and Barb ara Boxer, both sponsors of the bill, were invited to attend but elected not to. " It's incredible to me that they (the senators) can sponsor a bill tha t will ha ve such a catas trophic effect on our deserts, without ac t ually ta ki ng th e ti m e to visi t the a reas effecte d ," sa id Jim Bagley, ci ty co u nci lman for Twentynine Pa lm s . Oppon en ts of the bill have had no luck in ge tti n g t h e sena tors to visi t th e desert, bu t a video tape of the rally will be sent to them. Four-time World Ch amp ion Eddie Laws on fin ish e d third in the In dy Lig h ts car race in Vancou ver, Brit ish Columbia, Canada, August 29. Lawson was fast qualifier in his Leading Edge Bu ick before fin ishin g th ir d in the race, a career best for the Indy Lights rookie. CO RR ECTION: In ou r las t iss ue w e in a d ve r te n tly ran th e s a me ca ptio n under two photos, one on page 32 and the other on 33. The caption under the dirt track photo on page 33 should ha ve read, "Bob Sweeten (71) slid under Nick Taylor to win the 600cc A main at Tra ilWay Speedway." l:l' Acco untinglData Processing Cycle News (USPS 141-340) is published weekly except the last twoweeks of thecalendar year for $50.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc, 2201 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90B06. Second class postage paidat Long Beach. CA. Canada Post International Publications Mail #546615. POSTMASTER: Sendaddress changes to Cyde News, P.O.Box498, Long Beach, CA 9080l-()498. To determine the expiration daleofyour subscription,check the four numbers on the firsl lineof your address label. The firsttwodigitsindicate the last issue number you'll receive and the last twocharacters indicate theyearof the last issue. _ e Subscription rates: Rates for the United Stat s and its possessions for one year, (50 issues), $50,00; two years (100 issues), $95,00; sixmonths, (25 issues), $26.00; trial sub (15 issues), $19,00. 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